MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 41.94,-96.99 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -96.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 61 SFC 956 457 28.9 23.7 73 5.3 25.0 53 9 306.0 309.7 299.7 365.0 19.60 2 950 511 29.3 22.1 66 7.1 24.0 55 13 306.9 310.2 298.9 361.0 17.95 3 900 992 26.7 17.5 57 9.3 20.2 74 14 309.1 311.7 297.0 351.9 14.10 4 850 1496 24.9 15.0 54 9.9 18.1 152 12 312.2 314.7 296.9 351.4 12.72 5 800 2027 22.3 12.6 54 9.6 15.7 188 23 314.9 317.1 296.8 350.8 11.55 6 750 2584 17.7 11.0 65 6.7 13.3 199 30 315.8 317.9 296.7 350.3 11.05 7 700 3171 13.8 7.2 65 6.5 9.7 226 31 317.8 319.5 295.9 346.7 9.17 8 650 3792 9.6 0.3 52 9.3 4.4 253 21 319.8 321.0 294.1 339.2 6.03 9 600 4451 4.5 -4.0 54 8.5 0.1 273 19 321.3 322.2 293.5 336.7 4.74 10 550 5152 -1.5 -11.6 46 10.1 -5.8 284 20 322.3 322.8 292.2 331.8 2.85 11 500 5902 -7.7 -15.3 54 7.6 -10.5 280 27 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.6 2.33 12 450 6713 -13.0 -23.5 41 10.4 -16.0 286 37 326.8 327.1 292.1 331.3 1.28 13 400 7602 -17.5 -40.0 12 22.6 -21.3 279 40 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.29 14 350 8588 -25.1 -34.6 41 9.5 -26.8 274 40 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.58 15 300 9687 -33.9 -36.5 78 2.5 -34.3 277 47 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.7 0.56 16 250 10938 -43.8 -49.3 55 5.4 -44.2 274 47 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.17 17 200 12400 -54.2 -62.6 35 8.4 -54.4 280 44 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14200 -64.5 -71.5 38 6.9 -64.6 256 46 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.02 19 100 16665 -65.8 -83.2 7 17.4 -66.0 234 22 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.19 m Freezing level: 562.84 mb = 4971.59 m = 16310.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.84 mb = 4466.16 m = 14652.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.92 % Est. max temperature: 37.37 C = 99.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.89 mb = 1131.33 m = 3711.67 ft T: 26.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 33.61 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.70 mb = 3018.20 m = 9902.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.02 C = 104.04 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 41.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2179.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.53 mb = 2042.57 m = 6701.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.53 mb = 4002.94 m = 13132.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.53 mb = 13659.52 m = 44814.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2169.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.6 neg: -7.0 tot: 415.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.16 Bulk Rich Number: 13.33 Bulk Shear: 163.49 m/s